FILMS
DOPE QUEENS
DOPE QUEENS follows three friends — Goldie (Alexandra Grey), Blake (Pierson Fodé), and Angel (Trace Lysette) — over the course of a wild night on the famously gritty streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin. The trio faces off with street royalty Monika (Kylie Sonique Love) and Sheba (Krystal Thomas) at the iconic neighborhood watering hole aptly named DIVAS. With growing jealousies and pressure over their territory, lines are drawn to devastating consequences. Filled with rich dialogue and stunning characters, we are given a peek into the rarely seen world of The Tenderloin and its storied inhabitants.
Director: Grafton Reyes Doyle
Writer: Grafton Reyes Doyle
Producers: Julio Lopez Velasquez and John Reyes Doyle
DP: Madeline Leach
Editor: Eric Berman
Starring: Alexandra Grey, Pierson Fodé, Trace Lysette, Krystal Thomas, and Kylie Sonique Love
A PLACE IN THE FIELD
Director: Nikki Mejia
Writer: Bluesmon Del Vecchio, Don DiPetta, Khorri Ellis, Xochitl Portillo
Producers: Julio Lopez Velasquez, Heliya Alam, Niyah Edwards, Michael Fishman, Nikki Mejia
DP: Kadri Koop
Editor: Mario Fierro, Colton Warren
Starring: Ashlee Brian, Kelvin Byran, Troy Curvey III
BUCK RUN
Director Nick Frangione draws on his childhood memories of growing up an outsider in rural Pennsylvania for this affecting drama. After the death of his mother, heartbroken 15-year-old Shaw (Nolan Lyons, Boardwalk Empire) is compelled to move in with his estranged father (James Le Gros), a conflicted alcoholic more concerned with hunting deer than raising a son. Shaw, already a bullied outcast at school, struggles to come to terms with his grief and his new life with an emotionally distant dad while wanting a traditional funeral for his mom — something his father can’t afford. Frangione evokes what it’s like to live in conservative, rural America at this particular moment. In a world of swap meets and damaged souls, will this grieving teen find a place to fit in?
Awards
Fayetteville Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature Film
Flickers Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival - Best Feature Film First Prize
Nordic Int'l Film Festival - Best Feature Film
Breckenridge Int'l Film Festival - Best Actor, Nolan Lyons
Santorini International Film Festival - Best Feature Film
Tiburon International Film Festival - Orson Welles Award
(For achievement in Directing)
Director: Nick Frangione
Writer: David Hauslein
Producers: Julio Lopez Velasquez and Nancy Degnan
Editor: David Barker
Starring: James Le Gros, Kevin J. O’Connor, Amy Hargreaves, Alicia Goranson, Jim Parrack, Angus Macfadyen, and starring Nolan Lyons
“Evocative...timelessly melancholy.”
-Variety
“Perfect evocation of what it’s like to live in conservative, rural America at this particular moment.”
- Palm Springs Intl. Film Festival Jury
"Beautifully acted, very well shot.”
- Ray Greene LA Critics Association
AT LAST
Lauren (Katie Burton) is your typical high school senior learning to come into her own. With the help of her best friend James (Zack Gottsagen, The Peanut Butter Falcon) she may finally step out of her shell and live her truth. Lauren comes from a deep-rooted Hispanic family with her father Diego (George Lopez) and her mother Monica (Marlene Forte) being more ecstatic for her prom than she is. They have hopes and expectations for their only daughter. Will this timid high school girl be able to reveal her truth during the most important night of the year?
Writer/Director Lorena Gordon creates a decidely personal film. With AT LAST she tells a powerful and compelling story, giving a voice to those who need to be heard and seen on screen.
Director: Lorena Gordon
Writer: Lorena Gordon
Producers: A.J. Gordon, Brett Thomas
Executive Producer: Julio Lopez Velasquez
DP: Dean Cundey
Editor: R. Brett Thomas
Starring: Zack Gottsagen, George Lopez, Marlene Forte, Tricia Brooks, and Katie Burton.
ON OUR WAY
A troubled, young filmmaker struggles to accept his latest piece of work as the story reveals how he lost the love of his life.
Unable to cope with the tragic loss of his girlfriend, Henry contemplates suicide. Just as he’s about to jump, the illusion of Rosemary appears on a magical beach below. Rosemary guides Henry through their love story using his new screenplay as a map. However, when Henry attempts to rewrite the ending, his condition worsens. Rosemary realizes she must make Henry accept his past before it’s too late to save his future.
Director: Sophie Lane Curtis
Writer: Sophie Lane Curtis
Producers: Siena Oberman, Heliya Alam, Julio Lopez Velasquez, John Reyes Doyle
Starring: Micheál Richardson, Keith Powers, James Badge Dale, Jordana Brewster
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WOLF MOTHER
In an attempt to rectify their criminal past, a once successful Hollywood starlet, turned prostitute, and a petty, misogynistic thief, set out together to solve a high profile child abduction case in San Francisco.
Director: Erik Peter Carlson
Writer: Erik Peter Carlson
DP: Dustin Supencheck, Mike Testin
Editor: Adam Eyster
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Najarra Townsend, Keven Pinassi
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WOLF MOTHER
In an attempt to rectify their criminal past, a once successful Hollywood starlet, turned prostitute, and a petty, misogynistic thief, set out together to solve a high profile child abduction case in San Francisco.
Director: Erik Peter Carlson
Writer: Erik Peter Carlson
Executive Producer: Julio Lopez Velasquez
DP: Dustin Supencheck, Mike Testin
Editor: Adam Eyster
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Najarra Townsend, Keven Pinassi
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WOMEN LIKE US
Women Like Us — an official selection of the 2018 Bentonville Film Festival and 2017 Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival, features the story of three women as they take an incredible journey across the United States and Kenya, engaging with powerful women leaders who are confronting social injustices by advocating for and equipping women with tools to create positive change in such areas as sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, depression, teen suicide, women’s access to education, homelessness, and more.
Women Like Us presents a thought-provoking call to action for women everywhere to join forces through the innate power women possess of compassion, courage and communication. Featuring actress/comedian, SHERRI SHEPHERD, former E! News host, CATT SADLER, former executive producer of the Oprah Winfrey Show, DIANNE HUDSON, life coach and motivational speaker, TIM STOREY, former First Lady of Kenya, IDA ODINGA, CNN Hero, ROBIN EMMONS, co-founder of the Los Angeles Dream Center, CAROLINE BARNETT and music by Grammy nominated artist, MOBY.
Director: Sally Colón-Petree
